Luggage carrier



G. A. ROTH.

LUGGAGE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED on: 18. |9 2o.

Patented Oct. W, 1922'.

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Application rnei amber is, 920; Serial BIO/417,613.

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L GILamir A. Born,

a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Hastings, in the county ofAdamsand State of Nebraska, have invented certain newand usefulimprovements in Luggage Carriers, of which the following is aspecification. This invention relates to improvements'in luggagecarriers of that type devised for detachable connection to the runningboard of a motor vehicle or the like and capable of adjustmentto'accommodate articles of various sizes and characters.

The primary objectin view is to provide a device of this nature capableof being folded into compact form when not in use, but which maybereadily extended and at;

tached in positionwhen desired.

In carrying out the invention I employ supporting standards connectedbymeans of a lazy tongs structure the"particular. connection betweensuch parts forming an important feature of my invention and framemembers cooperating with the standard so as to form retaining meanspreventing accidental endwise and lateraldisplacement of articlescarried upon the running board of the vehicle.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and, accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aview in elevation of a device constructed in accordance with myinvention and showing the same extended in applied position; 7

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

. Figures 3, 4 and 5 are horizontal sectional views through theconnections between the lazy tong structure and the standards, on theplanes indicated by the lines 3--3, 4-4 and 5-45, respectively, of Fig.1;

Figure 6 is an enlargeddetail view, partly broken away and showing thestrap arrange ment used with this device, and,

Figure 7 1s an end view of the clamplng bracket for the standards.

Throughout the following description and on the several figures of thedrawing similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the running board of a motorvehicle to which the luggage carrier of this invention is designedto beconnected in a somewhat conventional manner.-The carrier comprises theend standards 2 and'the intermediate standard3, each of which isprovided with a U-shaped clamping bracket 4, the upper sideof whichrests upon thesurface of the running boardwliile the underside en.-gages beneath the latter and carries the clamping screw 5 by means'ofwhich the standard is securely held in position. The upright part 2 ofeach supporting stand ard is formed of strap iron, for example, and bentatits lower end to forma foot 2 which is receivedbetween spaced ribs 4on the upper surface of the clamp 4 and dc"- tachab ly secured to saidclamp by means of the cap screw 6. These end standards each embodyaframe consisting of the angular piece 7 and thebrace piece 8 secured bydetachable bolts 9 to the clamping bracket and upright piece 2 as shownmost clearly inFig. 8. The central standard 3 is not provided with thisframe 6 necessarily, although such piece may be utilized on all of the.standards when desired. The standards 2 are connected bymeans of alazytong structure 10 consisting of the usual corresponding leverspivoted together at their ends and centrally; so as to enable the partsto be expanded and contracted in the usual manner.

Thelazy tong structure is connected to the end standards at each end bymeans of a I element 14.

It will be noted that the connection of the lazy tong structure to thestandards differs from those carriers of conventional form in which itis necessary to secure one of the levers rigidly to the end standard andthe other slidably to said standard to enable the parts to be extendedand contracted. This simplifies the manufacturing of the device andinsures greater facility in operation. Articles of varying sizes orlengths may be disposedupon the running board when the carrier. isadjusted so as tobe retained thereby. However, it is desirable at timesto morepositively fix the luggage against displacement, and to this endI have constructed the carrier of this invention so that a strap member15 may be attached to engage about the articles disposed upon therunning board. For this purpose the outer end of the clamping bracket 4is formed with an eye 16 to receive the snap hook 17 of the strap, whichlatter passes preferably through a slot 18 at the top of they standardand secured to an eye bolt 19 detachably fixed to inner end of theclamping member through the second snap hook 17 The adjustment andapplication of the luggage carrier is a simple matter with thistypeofconstruction and the articles to be carried are well securedagainst displacement in travel overrough roads, owing to the specificstructure involved in this invention 'Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. In a luggage carrier of the class described, a lazy-tongstructure, a pair of standards each having means at its lower end forclampin it to a running board, and means for pivotally connecting thestandards at a single point to the respective extreme ends of saidlazy-tong structure, said means comprising a U-shaped clip passingthrough a slot in the standard and pivoted to the end of the lazy-tongby the pivot member connecting the end bars of the lazy-tong.

In alug'gage carrier of the type described, a pair of clamping bracketsadapted to'be secured to the running board of a vehicle and eachcomprising an arm adapted to rest upon and extend transversely of theupper surface of the running board, a frame detachably's ecured to eachof said. brackets and'comprising a pair of parallel upright standardsattached to said arm near the ends thereof, a member parallel to saidarm and connecting the upper end of one of said standards to the otherof said standards and a diagonal brace extending between and connectedto said standards, and a lazy- I tong structure having its opposite endsconnected to the outer standards of the clamping brackets.

3. In a luggage carrier of the class described, the combination with alazy-tong structure, end standards connected therewith to support thesame, a standard for the middle portion of the lazy-tong structure,clamping means for each of the standards to secure it to the runningboard of a vehicle and luggage holding means comprising a strap deviceconnected with the outer end of the middle standard clamping means, alsoconnected with the top of said middle standard and extending to andconnected with the inner end of the said middle standard clamping means,forming a bracing means for said middle standard.

4. In a luggage carrier of the class described, a pair of clampingbrackets adapted to be secured to the running board of a "vehicle andeach comprising an arm adapted to rest upon and extend transversely ofthe upper surface of the running board, each of said arms having lateralflanges, an upright standard for each bracket having a base projectingat right angles thereto and fitting between the flanges of the bracketarm, fastening means passing through the angle portion whereby thestandard is prevented from turning with respect to the arm, and alazy-tong structure having its opposite ends connected to saidstandards,

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GILBERT A. ROTH.

